To:INESSA ARMAND

Written:Written July 19, 1914, at PoroninPublished:First published in 1964 inCollected Works, Fifth (Russian) Ed., Vol. 48.

      Printed from the original.Source:Lenin
	  Collected Works,

      Progress Publishers,[1977],

      Moscow,Volume 43,

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Huysmansand Vandervelde have unleashedallthreats. Wretched
diplomats! They thought they could frighten us (or you). Of course, they
have failed.

Grigoryand I agreed it would have been wiser not to go at all. But the
Russian workers would not have under stood this; now they have a living
example toteach them.

Youhandled the thing better than I could have done. Language apart, I
would probably havegone up in the air. I would not have been able
to stand the hypocrisy and would have called them scoundrels.And
that’s what they were waitingfor—that’s what they were trying to
provoke.

Butyou and the others carried it off calmly and firmly.Extremely
thankful & greeting
			      you.[1]

Iam surprised that today (Sunday) I have no wire concerning theclosingof the conference. It must have closed at 4 o’clock on
Saturday. Did you (the three delegates—you, the Letts+the Polish
opposition) submit a written statement?

Awaitingyour impressions,Yours,V.U.

[1]Thissentence is in English in the original.—Ed.